#Dems react to Trump indictment with glee — and anxiety

#Dems react to Trump indictment with glee — and anxiety

House Democrats reacted with mixed emotions this week to the historic indictment of former President Trump, with some cheering the move with bald jubilation and others approaching much more cautiously ahead of Trump’s expected arraignment on Tuesday.  While both camps are united behind the central premise that no one in America is above the law,…

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#No ‘appetite’: Lawmakers in consensus on opposing potential Silicon Valley Bank bailout

#No ‘appetite’: Lawmakers in consensus on opposing potential Silicon Valley Bank bailout

No ‘appetite’: Lawmakers in consensus on opposing potential Silicon Valley Bank bailout In a rare show of consensus, congressional lawmakers from both parties on Sunday said they would oppose any potential bailout options for Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed on Friday in the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…

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#House GOP launches probe into Jan. 6 panel

#House GOP launches probe into Jan. 6 panel

House GOP launches probe into Jan. 6 panel Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, is leading an investigation of the dissolved Jan. 6 select committee and security failures surrounding the riot. The probe is in its beginning stages, Loudermilk said Wednesday. “We’ve got to get through the documents. We…

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#Battle lines form in Democrats’ race for Feinstein seat

#Battle lines form in Democrats’ race for Feinstein seat

Battle lines form in Democrats’ race for Feinstein seat Democrats are bracing for a fractious race to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), with high-profile party members pitted against one another along battle lines formed by both identity and ideology. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has already drawn the support of former Speaker…

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#How the House GOP blew up at Biden’s State of the Union 

#How the House GOP blew up at Biden’s State of the Union 

How the House GOP blew up at Biden’s State of the Union  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had said that Republicans would not play “childish games” during President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. While it started as a cordial event, by the end, the speech had some of the rowdiest pushback from an opposing party…

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#Democratic leader bashes GOP’s ‘political revenge’ Omar vote

#Democratic leader bashes GOP’s ‘political revenge’ Omar vote

Democratic leader bashes GOP’s ‘political revenge’ Omar vote House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) lashed out at GOP leaders on Thursday over their decision to boot Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, accusing the Republicans of adopting a double standard by ignoring antisemitism in their own ranks.  Jeffries pointed to comments from…

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#Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar get committee assignments back after they were removed by Democrats

#Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar get committee assignments back after they were removed by Democrats

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar get committee assignments back after they were removed by Democrats Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) are set to get committee assignments back after being stripped from their assignments in the Democratic-controlled Congress in 2021. The House GOP Steering Committee on Tuesday selected Greene to sit on…

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